# How to extract the surface grid coordinates?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007 "2023-10-10T07:34:46Z")
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### Author:  [@Zuheyr\_Alsalihi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zuheyr_Alsalihi)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007/1 "2023-10-10T07:34:46Z")
Hello, I am relatively new to Paraview. Is there a way to access the coordinates of the surface grid points? Thank you do much for reading.
Kind regards, Zuheyr
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007/2 "2023-10-10T07:57:23Z")
Use the Spreadsheet view. You may want to read the tutorial: [2. Basic Usage — ParaView Documentation 5.11.0 documentation](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/Tutorials/SelfDirectedTutorial/basicUsage.html#multiview)
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### Author:  [@Zuheyr\_Alsalihi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zuheyr_Alsalihi)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007/3 "2023-10-10T09:17:12Z")
Thank you so much. I do use the spreadsheet view but one only has the variables that are explicitly written out from the solver. I am not aware if I can manipulate Paraview to extract the surface grid point coordinates of the point data. Sorry if I am not making sense.
Best, Zuheyr
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007/4 "2023-10-10T11:52:43Z")
Use ExtractSurface filter first ?